Enayet Rasul | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
Remaining successful in business or winning more market shares, essentially involves reducing the costs of doing business. The economy of a country should aim to become more and more competitive to flourish internally and especially to promote its external trade....
Square Cardiac team has successfully performed a complex cyanotic congenital heart defect Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC) survey on 30-06-08 of a six month of old (6 kg) boy. The baby is doing well and ready for discharge, according...
Della Bradshaw | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
FOR Sue Lin Heng, there was one criterion that really stood out when she was looking for an executive MBA programme, the qualification for working managers. It was its location.A native of Singapore, Ms Heng, 31, had already lived on...
FE Report | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
Demand was fairly strong for good liquoring well made teas, which sold well but were slightly easier following quality. However, plainer teas were generally in less demand and were easier often by Tk 5.00 and sometimes more. Blenders and Packeteers...
Nazah Zayyan, four-month six day old only daughter of TV Channel-i presenter of `Trititiyo Matra' programme , Zillur Rahman, died of heart and various other complications last night at Holy Family Hospital, reports BSS.She has been survived by her parents...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
The US-labour group chief in her recent visit to Bangladesh expressed doubt over a claim on elimination of child labour in the shrimp processing plants of the country.Ellie Kiel Larson, executive director of the American labour group -- Solidarity Center...
DIWANIYAH, Iraq, July 16 (AFP): Iraq took control of security in the Shiite province of Diwaniyah on Wednesday, making it the 10th province to be regained by Baghdad from the US-led forces amid a fall in violence nationwide."We are receiving...
SINGAPORE, July 16 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asia today after fears for economic growth sent prices into their steepest fall in 17 years during New York trading, analysts said.New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for August delivery,...
Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan, president of Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has been appointed Honorary Consul General of Finland in Bangladesh, reports UNB.Managing Director of BOC Bangladesh Ltd, Bhuiyan is also on the Board of Directors of Biman Bangladesh...
ROSH HANIKRA, Israel, July 16 (AP): Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas turned over to Israel two coffins believed to contain the bodies of Israeli soldiers captured two years ago, setting in motion a dramatic prisoner exchange between the bitter enemies Wednesday.The swap...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Wednesday said poverty alleviation is a must for lasting peace and sustainable development, but global warming and climate change is a major factor in Bangladesh that casts adverse impacts on poverty, reports UNB.The head of...
The world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, which was damaged extensively by cyclone Sidr on November 15 last year, must be a priority of rehabilitation and conservation with a programme carefully designed not to disrupt the unique ecosystem, reports BSS.According...
FE Report | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
Standard Chartered Bank opened a new ATM booth on Tajmahal Road (opposite to Japan Garden City) at Mohammadpur in the city recently.Standard Chartered Bank's Head of Shared Distribution and Service Quality Tanvir Haider Chaudhury inaugurated the ATM services at this...
Bangladesh Under-21 Hockey team beat Singapore by 3-1 goals in tiebreaker in a place-deciding match of the 6th Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey in Hyderabad, India Wednesday, reports UNB.The match rolled into tiebreaker after the stipulated time ended goalless this...
THE rising demand for jute products in the overseas markets, as being environment-friendly, and also for other reasons, has been indicating a way for the recovery the country's jute industry for a while. The jute mills in neighbouring West Bengal...
Fazle Rashid in New YorkAGAINST the backdrop of a run on a regional bank, steady downturn in the economy and no turn around on sight in the immediate future, Vikram Pundit, Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) of Citigroup, summoned...
DU Correspondent | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dol (JCD) has called strike at the educational institutions across the country on August 3 protesting the killing of its central vice-president Moshiul Alam Sentu in crossfire.Sentu also JCD Barisal Metropolitan unit president and VP of Barisal BM...
AB Bank Limited approved a 200 per cent stock dividend for its shareholders at the Bank's 26th annual general meeting (AGM) held at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre Wednesday, said a press release.AB turned 26 this year with a marked overall...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has selected 30 players for the Under-19 preparation camp, which will start tomorrow (Friday) at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) in Savar, reports UNB.The selected cricketers have been asked to report to BCB School Programme...
FE Report | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
The securities regulator and bourses Wednesday, in a joint meeting, called upon the retail investors not to be panicky on the basis of rumours centreing the market for the last several days.The meeting also observed that the current downtrend of...
NEW DELHI, July 16 (AFP): India's embattled coalition government has been hit by allegations it is offering bribes and lucrative jobs as it tries to muster the support needed to survive a parliamentary confidence vote next week.If the government loses,...
S M Jahangir | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) can expect funding from the central bank for financing the import bills but only after servicing its previous debts, sources said."The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is expected to continue providing fresh funds to the cash-strapped...
FE Report | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
Kingfisher Airlines, a major private airline in India, is planning to launch its flights to Bangladesh by October this year, sources at the aviation industry said.It will initially operate its aircraft to two destinations in Bangladesh.Kingfisher has taken necessary preparations...
Niaz Ahmed Khan | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
INTERESTS in common people's day-to-day wisdom and resource use technologies have moved centre stage in the recent years. These localised and socio-culturally bound knowledge and technologies often represent examples of cost-effective and sustainable survival strategies for poverty alleviation and rural...
The much-anticipated English Premier League will get underway in 2010, with two divisions made up of ten teams, after the ECB unveiled a radical shake-up of the domestic game following its board meeting at Lord's, according to Cricinfo website.In a...
FE Report | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
A book, titled 'The MFN Tariff Schedule,' elaborating customs tariff rates of all products for the fiscal 2008-09 was published recently.All kinds of duties and taxes have been arranged in this book under their respective HS Codes.The book contains HS...
GENEVA, July 16 (Agencies): World Trade Organisation (WTO) head Pascal Lamy said yesterday that a global liberalisation deal could add between 50 and 100 billion dollars each year to the world economy.Speaking ahead of last-gasp talks here next week on...
Two Russians make new space walkMOSCOW, July 16: Two Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station made a new space walk Tuesday to finish off work begun during an earlier operation last week, the Russian space centre said. ISS...
FE Report | 2008-07-17 00:00:00
The central bank is set to unveil its half-yearly (July-December) monetary policy aiming to achieve 6.5 per cent growth of gross domestic product (GDP) through curbing inflationary pressures on the economy.Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Salehuddin Ahmed will announce the monetary...
It is now almost a year since the US subprime crisis went global. Many then hoped that the repricing of risk would be no more than a brief interruption in the progress of the US and world economies. Such hopes...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
